Later in the article Atwood does compare it with a non-generic Windows install:
> And that battery life gap is worse today – even when using Microsoft's own
> hardware, designed in Microsoft's labs, running Microsoft's latest operating
> system released this week.
The benchmark which is missing to make this article more relevant, though, is to measure and compare a hackintosh (i.e. non-apple PC + Mac OS X) battery performance.
> And that battery life gap is worse today – even when using Microsoft's own > hardware, designed in Microsoft's labs, running Microsoft's latest operating > system released this week.
The benchmark which is missing to make this article more relevant, though, is to measure and compare a hackintosh (i.e. non-apple PC + Mac OS X) battery performance.